Stephen Sondheim

Even with a first-rate TV, film and theater ensemble cast with the likes of Neil Patrick Harris, Christina Hendricks, Jon Cryer, Stephen Colbert and Patti LuPone, the concert staging hit a few snags.

Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines, Elaine Paige star in the new production of the 1971 original, which grows more bewitching with age.

The two performers share stories about their days co-starring in "Evita" and perform condensed renderings of "South Pacific,""Merrily We Roll Along" and "Carousel" during the two-hour set.

It was the explosion of new plays more than musicals that distinguished 2011 on New York stages.

Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier head a superlative ensemble in this streamlined reinterpretation for Broadway of the 1935 Gershwin folk opera.

The absence of clear front-runners in many of the major Tony races will make this year's annual Broadway honors an uncommonly suspenseful night.

Beau Flynn, one of the producers of "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," is behind the project, based on the cult movie written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim.

While "3C" playwright David Adjmi backed down to pressure from legal reps of the vintage 1970s sitcom, a prominent group of playwrights, directors, theater company chiefs and actors is defending his right to publish and continue producing the parody.

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fairy tale-inspired musical starring Amy Adams is appropriately presented in the woods in this free Central Park revival.

Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Tony-winning musical explores the lives and motivations of the people who have killed or tried to kill U.S. presidents.

Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, James Gandolfini, Nathan Lane, Cherry Jones and others reflect on the unique talents of the Broadway veteran in Chiemi Karasawa's intimate documentary.

The film would mark the actor's first singing role since starring in Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet Street."